Railway-tie and rail-fastening.



C. A. COX.

RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENING. APPLICATION nuzo s n. 20. ms.

Patenwd Oct. 23, 191?.

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RAILWAY TIEAND RAIL FASTENING.

APPLIQATION FILED SEPT-20. I9l6.

Patented 0m; 23,1911

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 CHARLES A. COX, 0F WESTFIELD, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Oct. 23,1917.

Application filed. September 20, 1916. Serial No. 121,224.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, in the county of vClark and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties and Rail-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates an improved railway tie and rail fastener and has as its primary object to provide a metal tie de signed to displace the commonly employed wooden tie and wherein adjustable clamping members will be provided for, connecting the rails with the tie.

The invention has as a further object to form the clamping members to provide rail braces upon the outer sides of the rails tending to prevent spreading of the rails.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide an arrangement wherein the clamping members for the rails will be slidably connected with the tie and wherein the said clamping members can be removed from the tie only by adjusting the said members to a certain position with respect to the tie, this arrangement reducing to a minimum, the possibility of the accidental loss of the clamping members.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is a perspective view showing a section of railway track employing my improved tie andrail fastener,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view more particularly showing the construction of the tie and the clamping members for the rails,

Fig. 3 is detail perspective view showing one end of the tie and particularly illustrating the manner in which the tie is slotted to receive the clamping members, one of the clamping members being shown detached.

Fig. 4L is a fragmentary plan view showing the manner in which the clamping members may be removed from the tie, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional'view illustrating the manner in which the clamping members are slidably engaged with the tie. In carrying out the invention, I employ a hollow tie body 10 preferably of metal such as steel and integrally formed upon the upper side of the tie at suitably spaced points are rail abutments 11 and 12 respectively. The abutment 11 is, as particularly shown in Fig. 2, formed to engage over the base flange of one of the rails conventionally shown at A upon the outer side of the 'said rail and is centrally thickened or formed with a longitudinally extending rib 13 to seat against the rail web and engage beneath the tread of the rail to provide a brace therefor. The abutment 12 is more in the nature of a flange arranged to engage over the base flange of the other rail conventionally shown at B upon the inner side of the said rail.

Beneath the abutments 11 and12, the tie body is thickened-to provide chair plates 14 and formed in the upper side of the tie body to extend toward one end of the tie from beneat-h the said abutmentsare longitudinally arranged slots 15. Adjacent the inner eX- tremities of the slots 15, the chair plates 14: are notched to provide seats 16 and projecting downwardly into the tie body from the top wall thereof are anchoring members or arms 17 and 17 at the inner terminals of said slots.

Arranged to cooperate with the abutments 1.1 and 12 are clamping members 18 and for engagement over the base flange 0f the rail A upon the side thereof opposite the rail abutment 11. Depending from the plate, is a substantially T-shaped arm 21 having lateral lugs 22. The clamping member 19 also includes a flat body plate 22 from which extends a flange similar to the flange of the clamping member 18 for engagement over the base flange of the rail B upon the outer side thereof. The flange of the clamping member 19 is, as in the instance of the rail abutment ll, centrally thickened or formed with a longitudinally extending'rib 23 to seat against the rail web and engage beneath the tread of 'therail upon its outer side. Depending from the body plate 22 is a substantially T- shaped arm 24 substantially identical with the arm 21 of the clamping member 18 and provided, as particularly shown in Fig. 5, with similar lateral lugs 25.

The arms 21 and 24 of the clamping members are snugly received within the slots 15 with the lugs 22 and 25 of the said arms engaging beneath the top wall of the tie for slidably connecting the clamping members therewith. The body plates 20 and 22 of the said clamping members seat upon the upper side of the tie and are movable to a position with the inner extremities of the said body plates engaging within the seats 16 of the chair plates 14 ihe seats are thus adapted to hold the inner ends of the clamp ing plates against lateral movement with the said inner terminals of the plates engaging beneath the base flanges of the rails for sup porting the rails above the inner extremities of the slots 15. Loosely fitted through the anchoring member 17 and screw threaded through the arm 21 of the clamping member 18 is a clamping bolt or element 26 which projects beyond the adjacent outer end of the tie and is provided with a shoulder 27 for engagement with the anchoring member 17. Looseiy fitted through the arm 24; of the clamping member 19 and screw threaded through the abutment 17 is a similar clamping bolt 28 which, as in the case of the clamping bolts 26, projects beyond the adjacent outer end. of the tie and is provided with a shoulder 29 for engagement with the arm 24. As will nOW be clear, the bolts 26 and 28 may be operated to tightly clamp the members 18 and 19 against the rails for securely connecting the rails with the tie with the ribs 13 and 23 of the abutment 11 and clamping member 19 respectively, engaging the outer sides of the rails to provide braces therefor tending to overcome any tendency of the rails to spread.

In Fig. a of the drawings, I have illustratedthe manner in which the tie is formed so that the clamping members 18 and 19 may be disconnected therefrom. It will. be observed that the slots 15 adjacent their outer extremities are provided in the longitudinal walls thereof with oppositely disposed re- 'cesses 30. The clamping members 18 and 19 are moved outwardly within the slots 15 until the armsQl and 2 1 of the said clamping members are received within these recesses. The clamping members may then be turned to rotate the arms thereof within the recesses to such position that the lugs 22 and 25 of the said arms will. be brought opposite the slots 15 when the clamps may be lifted upwardly and removed from the tie. Thus, the clamping members can be disconnected only in a certain relative position thereof with respect to the tie and I accordingly provide an arrangement wherein the said clamping members will not likely become lost.

it will therefore be seen that I provide a particularly eliicient construction for the purpose set forth and a tie which may be employed to displace the commonly used wooden tie.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the character described, a tie provided with a rail abutment and having a slot formed therein, an anchoring member depending inte the tie, a chair plate formed on the tie adjacent said abutment with the said plate cut away to provide a seat, a clamping member having a body plate slidable upon the tie to be received at its inner extremity within said seat and provided with an arm projecting through said slot, and a. clamping element cooperating with the said arm and with the said anchoring member with the said element operable for adjustably shifting the clamping member toward theabutment to active position.

2. In a device of the character described, a tie having a chair plate rising from the upper face thereof with the said plate notched at one extremity, a rail' abutment carried by the tie, a clamping member arranged for engagement with a rail seated against said abutment with the body of the said member received by said notch, and

means connecting the said clamping member with the tie.

In a device of the character described, a tie provided with a chair plate having a notch formed therein, a rail abutment carried by the tie, a clamping member arranged for engagement with. a railseated against said abutment with the body of the said member slidably fitting in said notch, and means for urging the clamping member toward the abutment and connecting the said clamping member with the tie.

at. In a device of the character described, a tie provided with a slot, a chair plate carried bythe tie and provided with a notch at the inner extremity of said slot, a rail abutment upstanding from the tie, a clamping member arranged :for engagement with a rail seating against said abutment with the body of the said member fitting in the said notch and overlying the inner extremity of said slot beneath the rail, means carriedby the clamping member and fitting through said slot to slidably connect the member with the tie, and means enga ed with said last mentioned means for shi the clamp: ing member to active position.

In testimony whereof I a'l'lix nay-signature.

CHARLES A. COX. [n s] Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,-by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington 10.0. 

